steering VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER 2012 Workshop Manual

• Switch on the ignition and the hazard warning lights.
• Once both vehicles are in motion, release the clutch.
• As soon as the engine starts, press the clutch and put the gear into neutral. This helps to prevent driving into the towing vehicle.
Notes on towing
i"""fl1 First read and observe the introductory L-W! information and safety warnings & on page 446.
Fixed towing eye at rear
On vehicles without a towing bracket there is a fixed towing eye under the bumper at the rear right.
Towing bracket instead of a fixed towing eye
If the vehicle has a factory-fitted towing bracket, it should also be used for towing other vehicles.
Tow rope or tow bar
lt is easier and safer to tow a vehicle with a tow bar. Only use a tow rope if you do not have a tow bar.
The tow rope should be slightly elastic to reduce the strain on both vehicles. lt is advisable to use a tow rope made of synthetic fibre or similarly elastic material.
Only attach the tow rope or tow bar to the specially provided towing eyes or to the towing bracket.
Vehicles with a factory-fitted towing bracket must be towed only with a tow bar that is specially designed for fitting to a ball coupling 139.
When your vehicle has to be towed:
• Switch on the ignition.
• Select the neutral position or move the selector lever to N 257.
• Release the handbrake. if necessary.
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When tow-starting, unburnt fuel can enter the catalytic converter and damage it. <1
• Do not allow the vehicle to be towed at speeds faster than 50 km/h (30 mph).
• Do not allow the vehicle to be towed further than 50 km.
• Vehicles with a DSG® dual clutch gearbox may only be towed by the breakdown truck with the front wheels raised.
Towing vehicles with four-wheel drive (4MOTION)
Vehicles with four-wheel drive (4MOTION) may be towed with a tow bar or tow rope. If the vehicle is towed with the rear or front axle raised, the engine must be switched off otherwise the drive train could be damaged.
When should your vehicle not be towed?
• If, due to damage, the vehicle gearbox no lon-ger contains any lubricant.
• If the vehicle battery is discharged.
• If the distance to be towed is further than 50 km -applies only to vehicles with the DSG® dual clutch gearbox.
• If the steering function or the operating clear-ance of the wheels cannot be ensured, e.g. after an accident.
Please comply with the following when towing another vehicle:
• Comply with legal regulations.
• Comply with the information on towing con-tained in the owner's manual for the other vehicle. <1
Practical tips

Fitting the towing eye at front
Fig. 320 On the right side of the front bumper: cover for towing eye on unpainted bumper.
l"""('n First read and observe the Introductory L-Jo:.U Information and safety warnings & on page 446.
The towing eye is screwed into a threaded hole be-hind a cover on the right of the front bumper.
The towing eye must always be kept in the vehicle 416.
Observe the notes on driving while towing 448.
Fitting the towing eye at front
• Take the towing eye and wire hook out of the tool set in the luggage compartment 416.
• Fit the wire hook into the recess below the cov-Fig. 320 (arrow). pull out the cover, and leave it hanging on the vehicle.
Notes on driving while towing
l"""('n First read and observe the introductory L-Jo:.U Information and safety warnings & on page 446.
Towing requires some experience, especially when using a tow rope. Both drivers should be familiar with the technique required for towing. lnexper· ienced drivers should not attempt to tow.
When driving, remember not to pull too hard on the towing vehicle and take care to avoid jerking movements. When towing on an unpaved road, there is always a risk of overloading and damaging the anchorage points.
lt is still possible to activate the turn signals in a ve-hicle that is being towed, even if the hazard warn-ing lights are switched on. To do this, operate the
4481 If and when
Fig. 321 Front bumper. right-hand side: screwing in the towing eye.
• Screw the towing eye anticlockwise 321 (in direction of arrow) into the bracket
• Use the box spanner as a lever to tighten the towing eye as firmly as possible.
• When you have finished towing, turn the towing eye clockwise to remove it and fit the cover.
• If necessary clean the towing eye and place them back in the vehide toolkit in the luggage compartment.
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The towing eye must always be screwed firmly Into the mounting. Otherwise, the towing eye can be ripped out of the mounting when the ve-hicle Is being tow-started or towed. turn signal lever in the required direction while the ignition is switched on. The hazard warning lights will not flash while the turn signal is being used. The hazard warning lights will start flashing auto· matically as soon as the tu m signal lever is moved back to the neutral position.
Notes for the driver of the towed vehicle:
• Leave the ignition switched on so that the turn signals, horn, wipers and windscreen washer sys-tem can be switched on.
• As the power steering does not work if the en-gine is not running, you will need more strength to steer the vehicle than you normally would. .,.

Index
Numbers and Symbols
12-volt socket California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
2-seat arrangement Stowage compartment in armrest . . . . . . 184
2-seat arrangement, Business . . . . . . . . . . 182 Adjusting armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Ash tray . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . • . .. . .. .. . 186 Centre console . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . 186 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Front stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 186 Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Refrigerator box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Seat heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Upper stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 186 230-volt Euro socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
230-volt grounded safety socket . . . . . . . . 246
230-volt power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Residual current circuit breaker . . . . . . . . 247
3-seat bench
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Folding out the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Setting up the bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 74
Abroad Extended trips with your vehicle 405 Selling the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
ABS see Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . 275
ACC see Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . 298
Accessing a service message . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Acoustic warnings Seat belt not fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adaptive chassis control Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317, 318 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Adaptive chassis control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . 317 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . . 298 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . 300
Ad Blue Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 347 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Additional battery California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Adjust Electrically adjustable front seat . . . . . . . . 66 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Adjusting Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Headlight range ..................... 113 Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mechanical front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Memory seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Single seats in the passenger compartment .73 Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Adjusts Electric lumbar support adjustment . . . . . . 66
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.406
AGM battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
........................ Cleaning the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Combined curtain and side airbags . . . . . . 94 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Differences between front passenger front airbag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Front airbags . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . 92 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Switching off the front passenger front air-bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Switching off with the key switch . . . . . . . . 93 Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Climatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Climatronic . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323, 325 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Information . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . 328 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Index 465

Manual closing or opening Unlocking the selector lever lock manually
Manual gearbox ..................... . Refer also to Changing gears ........ . Towing .......................... .
Manual opening Driver door ...................... .
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263 263 447
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Manual opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . 413 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Manual operation of the pop-up roof Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Preliminary work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Securing the pop-up roof manually from out-side the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Mattress, 3-seat bench Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Long bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Medium-length bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Short bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Stowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Mattress, bench seat bed California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Mattress, California, bench seatlbed . . 196
Maximum speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
MEDIA-IN socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memory seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Metal-coated windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Metal-coated windscreen .....•......... 116
Mileage display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Mirror mode . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 171
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Blind spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 121 Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Folding in the mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • • . . 122 Mobile online services see Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Mobile telephone Rear-seat telephony................. 187 Use without an external aerial . . . . . . . . . 399
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Modifications to the vehicle . . . . . . . . • . . . 394 Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Move 3-seat bench ..... . ............. 74
Moving 2-seat arrangement, Business . . . . . . . . . 185 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Bench seatlbed, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Multi-flex board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Multifunction steering wheel 27
Multivan
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Assembling opaque shades for the wind-screen and the rear window . . . . . . . . . 176 Components of the opaque shades kit . . 175 Darkening the interior of the vehicle . . . . 175 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Fitting opaque shades for the windscreen and the rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Fitting the opaque shades to the side win-dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Removing and stowing the opaque shades .1.79
Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 394
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Noises Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . 299 Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259, 345 Rear axle differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Supplementary heating system . . . • . . . . 339 Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Number of seats . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Business . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 California ..... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Multivan ........................... 64
Number plate light (LED) . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 434
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Octane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Oil see Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Oil dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Old tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . 399
On line services see Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Opaque shades Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 393
Opaque shades kit Fabric shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Roller blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Sliding blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 217
Opaque shades kit, California Integrated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 217 Removable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Opaque shades kit, Multivan Assembling opaque shades for the wind-screen and the rear window . . . . . . . . . 176 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Index I 475

Fitting opaque shades for the windscreen and the rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Fitting the opaque shades to the side win-dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Opaque shades, Multivan Removing and stowing ........... , . . . 179
Opening Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 45 Electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Sliding door . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Sliding windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 42 Windows .......................... 56 Wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 53
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Black ice warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Overview Centre console, comfort version . . . . . . . . 13 Centre console, standard version . . . . . . . 12 Driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Driver side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . .. . • . . 14 Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 6 Headliner .................... , . . • . . 15 Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 25 Rear view (with tailgate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rear view (with wing doors) . . . . . . . • . . . . . 8 Side view ........................... 5 Turn signal and main beam lever . . . . . . . 107 Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 16
Overview of indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Overview of seats . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 64
Overview of warning lamps ... , . . . . . . . . . 16
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Pairing Rear-seat telephony... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Pairing mobile telephone Rear-seat telephony................. 190
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269, 272 Using the rear view camera system . . . . . 295
Parking aid see ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 287
Parking aid (front and rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Parking aid (only at rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Parking distance warning system see ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Parking light..... . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 109
ParkPIIot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288. 289 Signal tones and screen display . . . . . . . 290
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Using a high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . 382 Wilh trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288, 290
ParkPilot (front and rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
ParkPilot (only at rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . 63, 262
Performance figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Additives . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 344 Filling the tank . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . 342 Fuel ..........................•.. 344 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . 341 Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Petrol engines Technical data . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Plenum chamber . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . 387
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Pollen filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Pollution filter . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 322
Pop-up roof Closing electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Closing manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Electric pop-up roof, California . . . . . . . . . 221 Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Manual pop-up roof, California......... 218 Opening electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Opening manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Pop-up roof bed . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . 219, 222 Safety net..................... 219, 222 Windows in canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Pop-up roof bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219, 222 Safety net . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 219, 222
Power closing . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 50
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Preheatlng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 258
Preparation Before every trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Breakdown set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 420 Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 433 Checking the coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . 356 Refilling coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Refilling engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Working in the engine compartment . . . . 352
Preparing for a journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Private mode Rear-seat telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Problem solving...................... 410
Programming the wake up time Central control panel, California . . . . . . . . 207
Protection from the sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Pull-away assist systems Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Residual current circuit breaker . . . . . . . . 247 California Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 California Coast and Ocean . . . . . . • . . . . 247
Retrofitting Car telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 398 Rear seats, Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Rear seats, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Rear seats, Multivan . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 64 seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Two-way radio . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 398
Retrofitting seats Business . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 California . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Multivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Rims .......................•....... 369 Bolted-on rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Bolted-on trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 370 Identification . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . 370
Roll-back function Electric sliding door . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . 48 Electric windows . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 57 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rolling road test bed . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 286
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . 137. 139
Roof ventilator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Rotating front seats . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • . . . . . 71
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 165
Rubber seals . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Running in
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Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Engine ........................... 394 see Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 The first kilometres . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 370
SAFELOCK mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SAFE shown In the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Safety equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Scrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Screen Changing the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Folding in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Settings . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Screen mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Seat adjustment Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Seat belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . 86 Belt height adjuster . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . 86 Belt status display . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 80 Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 86 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 83 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 392 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . 84 Not fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 82 Seat belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . 85 Twisted seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 84 Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 83 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Cleaning and caring for natural leather . . 391 Cleaning cloth seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Cleaning fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Handling seat covers . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 389 Leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Seat functions front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 69 Passenger compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 rear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 72
Seat functions, rear Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 182 California . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 193
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Seat rails Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 133 California . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 133 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Multivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 64 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Adjusting head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Adjusting the steering wheel position . . . . . 68 Electrically adjustable front seat . . . . . . . . 66 Electric lumbar support adjustment . . . . . . 66 Fitting head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mechanical front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Memory seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 70 Multivan ......................•.... 64 Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Number of seats, Business . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Number of seats, California . . . . . . . • . . . 193 Removing head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Rotating front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Securing straps Buckle straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Ratchet straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Selecting a gear DSG dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Selective Catalytic Reduction see Emission control system for diesel vehi-cles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Selector lever lock Dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Selling the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 In other countries/continents . . . . . . . • . . 405 Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Service fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Service interval display Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Oil change service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Service position for the front wipers ...... 119
Settings Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Setting up Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Setting up the bed 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Bench seaVbed, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Side airbags see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Side Assist Lane change assist system . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109
Signal tones Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Warning and indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Single door opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Single seats in the passenger compartment Folding out the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sink Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Sitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sitting position Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Manual closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 48 Opening and closing electrically 47 Opening and closing manually . . 46 Sliding windows Closing ............................ 58 Opening . . . ...................... 58
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Socket 12-volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 230-volt Euro socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 230-volt grounded safety socket 246 External socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Sockets 12-volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 230-volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Speed index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 377
Start/stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 When towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Starting with jump leads see Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 443 Static cornering light ..........•........ 110
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 281 Pulling to one side . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 373
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sterilising agent . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 239
Stickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Storing vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Stowage Stowage compartment in the headliner . . 214 Stowage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Armrest, 2-seat arrangement, Business . 184 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Drawers ........................... 76 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Lockable stowage compartment . . . . . . . 214 Stowage compartment lights ........... 114 Vehicle wallet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Stowage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Stowage compartment in the headliner . . 214 Stowage compartment lights on the front passenger side ...................... 114 Stowing Centre console . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 151 Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Other stowage compartments . . . . . . . . . 152 Stowing cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Stowing items of luggage . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sunbllnd Side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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